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Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at Paris Olympics' closing ceremony
Read full article: Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red Hot Chili Peppers to perform at Paris Olympics' closing ceremonyThe closing ceremony for the Paris Olympics will bring out several stars: Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg and Red Hot Chili Peppers are scheduled to perform.
No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues will only be accessible by public transportation
Read full article: No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues will only be accessible by public transportationThe one question Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is repeatedly asked about before her city hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics is traffic.
Rob Manfred says it would be difficult to pause MLB's season for the 2028 LA Olympics
Read full article: Rob Manfred says it would be difficult to pause MLB's season for the 2028 LA OlympicsBryce Harper wants big leaguers to play in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, but Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says pausing the regular season to make that happen would be difficult.
Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from China
Read full article: Human rights groups ask IOC to move Olympics from ChinaVisitors to Chongli, one of the venues for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, past by the Olympics logo in Chongli in northern China's Hebei Province on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. China is host to the 2022 Winter Olympics with rumblings of a boycott and calls to remove the games from Beijing because of widespread human rights violations. China is host to the 2022 Winter Olympics with rumblings of a boycott and calls to move the games from Beijing because of alleged human rights violations. The world must ask whether China, slowly strangling an entire people, has the moral standing to host the 2022 Winter Olympics," it said. Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., the IOC member who oversees Beijing 2022, declined to answer questions from AP about reported human rights violations in Xinjiang and referred to comments from the IOC.
LA2028 unveils diversity logo; CEO preaches need for change
Read full article: LA2028 unveils diversity logo; CEO preaches need for changeI don't believe anti-racist speech is political speech, Casey Wasserman said. A group of U.S. athletes has begun meeting to discuss social inequality, with one of its many goals a review of the protest rule. A dynamic logo is a first-of-its-kind attempt, one being unveiled by an Olympic organization that still has nearly eight years before its games take place. Bach has convened a working group of athletes to discuss Rule 50. Wasserman, who spent most of the introductory Zoom call discussing the logo, was asked about his push for systemic changes in the Olympics.